forsort(1)

📦 version 3.7p3, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ forsort(1) ✨

okay bestie, so this lil cutie lives in the canna manual section and it's called forsort 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

forsort — protect text from 7-bit only sort command 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

forsort [-7|-8] filename

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so basically, forsort protects 8-bit text from the 7-bit-only sort command. it's giving bodyguard energy fr fr 🛡️✨

input is taken from standard input, and output is given to standard output. classic pipeline girlie behavior, we love that for her 💜

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -7 — encodes 8-bit input into 7-bit text 🔒 (yes queen, shrink that bit-width)
  • -8 — decodes from encoded 7-bit back into 8-bit text 🔓 (reverse uno card, iconic)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Junichi Uekawa (dancer@debian.org) for Debian GNU/Linux and may be used by others. periodt 💖

and that's the whole vibe!! no cap, this page is from the Debian crew, dated 2003 Dec 20, and it's forsort(1) forever and always 🌈💫 slay, mwah 💋

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